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1. Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 17 Step 3 Configure CPU Continued VR Set Pentium CPU Voltage Install Intel Pentium CPUs that adhere to either the standard or VRE voltage specifications VR is a 10 pin berg that sets CPU voltage VR1 is near the top of the CPU socket Core 3 5V Core 3 3V Core 2 8V lO Same lO Same lO 3 3V P54C VRE P54C Standard P55C VR VR VR B e 1 o a A a o a E l 10 9 10 9 10 o Intel Pentium CPU Markings The markings on the bottom side of the Intel Pentium CPUs are XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX BP80502 SSS Sxxxx RSS XXX R is the voltage range identifier R value Description VRE voltage range Standard voltage range Cont d 18 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Step 3 Configure CPU Continued Set AMD CPU Voltage Install AMD K5 and K6 CPUs that adhere to either the standard or VRE voltage specifications VR is a 10 pin berg that sets CPU voltage VR1 is near the top of the CPU socket Core 3 5V Core 3 2V Core 2 9V VO 3 5V VO 3 3V VO 3 3V AMD K5 B 233 MHz AMD K6 166 and 200 MHz AMD K6 VR VR VR iO gt 8 0 HO 3 3 6 3 4 5005750 0 00 0 00 0o 0 e 4 O9 90 O9 AMD K5 CPU Markings The markings on the top of the AMD K5 CPUs are AMD K5 AMD K5 PRxxxABQ where B is the voltage range identifier AMD K6 CPU Markings The markings on the t
2. Search for AMIBOOT ROM in the root directory of the floppy diskette in drive A The AMIBOOT ROM file is not in the root directory Read the FAT Analyze the FAT to find the clusters occupied by the AMIBOOT ROM Disable the internal cache Raise the Vpp Enable Flash write and reset the Flash ROM The AMIBOOT ROM file is not the correct size Start erasing flash blocks Program the Flash ROM in the E0000 EFFFFh region Start programming Flash at F0000 FFFFF region FFh Flash programming is successful The computer reboots E E E irs E Start reading the AMIBOOT ROM file cluster by cluster F F F E F E Detect the flash type EOh Elh E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h Ah Dh Eh Fh FOh Fih F2h F3h F4h F5h Bh Ch Dh Eh FFh 68 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide
3. American Megatrends Apollo IV Pentium PCI ISA Motherboard Guide MAN 772 11 21 97 O Copyright 1997 American Megatrends Inc All rights reserved American Megatrends Inc 6145F Northbelt Parkway Norcross GA 30071 This publication contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright No part of this publication may be reproduced transcribed stored in a retrieval system translated into any language or computer language or transmitted in any form whatsoever without the prior written consent of the publisher American Megatrends Inc Limited Warranty Buyer agrees if this product proves to be defective that American Megatrends Inc is only obligated to replace or refund the purchase price of this product at American Megatrends discretion according to the terms and conditions on the motherboard warranty card American Megatrends shall not be liable in tort or contract for any loss or damage direct incidental or consequential Please see the Warranty Registration Card shipped with this product for full warranty details Limitations of Liability In no event shall American Megatrends be held liable for any loss expenses or damages of any kind whatsoever whether direct indirect incidental or consequential arising from the design or use of this product or the support materials provided with the product Trademarks Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation MS DOS Microsoft Word
4. PCIIDE controller is installed If an offboard ISA or PCI IDE controller is used the onboard IDE controller is automatically disabled The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines where the offboard PCI IDE controller adapter card is installed Absent ISA Slot1 SLot2 Slot3 or Slot4 The Optimal And Fail Safe default settings are Auto In the AMIBIOS for the Intel Triton II ISA chipset this option forces IRQ14 and IRQI5 to a PCI slot on the PCI Local bus This is necessary to support non compliant ISA IDE controller adapter cards If an offboard PCI IDE controller adapter card is installed in the computer you must also set the Offboard PCI IDE Primary IRQ and Offboard PCI IDE Secondary IRQ options Offboard Primary Secondary This option specifies the IDE controller channels used by the offboard IDE adapter card The settings are Disabled Primary Secondary or Both There are no Optimal and Fail Safe default settings Offboard PCI IDE Primary IRQ Offboard PCI IDE Secondary IRQ These options specify the PCI interrupt used by the primary or secondary IDE channel on the offboard PCI IDE controller The settings are Disabled Hardwired INTA INTB INTC or INTD The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Onboard Serial Port1 IRQ This option specifies the IRQ used for serial portl The settings are IRQ4 or Disabled The Optimal default setting is IRQ4 The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Cont d Chap
5. w m s EC E98 T5 sss AMIBIOS automatically sets IDE drive parameters Select USER to enter MFM ESDI or RLL drive 55 parameters Select Not Installed for SCSI drives Select CDROM for CD ROM drives 46 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Advanced Setup Advanced Setup options are displayed by choosing the Advanced icon from the WINBIOS Setup main menu All Advanced Setup options are described in this section System Keyboard This option does not specify if a keyboard is attached to the computer Rather it specifies if error messages are displayed if a keyboard is not attached This option permits you to configure workstations with no keyboards The settings are Absent or Present The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Present Setup Color Scheme This option specifies the color scheme for the WINBIOS Setup utility The settings are LCD Army Pastel or Sky The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are LCD PS 2Mouse Support Set this option to Enabled to enable AMIBIOS support for a PS 2 type mouse The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled Display BIOS POST Messages Set this option to Yes to display the standard AMIBIOS messages during the BIO Power On Self Test POST phase The settings are Yes The standard messages that AMIBIOS displays before booting the system will appear on the system monitor No The standard AMIBIOS POST mes
6. Apollo IV motherboard use Flash EPROM to store the system BIOS The advantage of Flash EPROM is the EPROM chip does not have to be replaced to update the BIOS The end user can actually reprogram the BIOS using a ROM file supplied by American Megatrends Programming the Flash EPROM ES Turn power off Make sure the computer has a working speaker 2 Insert the floppy disk with the S772P ROM file in drive A Before DOS boots press and hold down the lt Ctrl gt and lt Home gt keys to reprogram the Flash EPROM based AMIBIOS The bootblock code immediately reads the A drive looking for the new BIOS information When the flash ROM has successfully been programmed the computer will reboot Bootblock BIOS Actions When you reprogram from system boot the bootblock BIOS code Reads S772P ROM from the root directory of the floppy disk in drive A Erases the Flash EPROM Programs the Flash EPROM with the data read from the floppy disk in drive A Generates a CPU reset rebooting the computer The bootblock part of the Flash EPROM is not programmed Should you inadvertently open the disk drive door or turn power off to the computer while programming the Flash EPROM the bootblock will be unaffected Simply turn power back on and begin the Flash ROM programming process again Cont d Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 65 Programming the Flash ROM Continued S772P ROM S772P ROM resides on a floppy disk and contains the updated main BI
7. Setup main screen Detect IDE Choose this option to let AMIBIOS automatically detect and configure the parameters for an IDE hard disk drive Language If this feature is enabled you can select WINBIOS Setup messages in different languages Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 63 Section 4 Default Original Optimal Fail Safe The icons in this section permit you to select a group of settings for all WINBIOS Setup options Not only can you use these icons to quickly set system configuration parameters you can choose a group of settings that have a better chance of working when the system is having configuration related problems Choose the Original icon to return to the system configuration values present in WINBIOS Setup when you first began this WINBIOS Setup session You can load the optimal default settings for the WINBIOS by selecting the Optimal icon The Optimal default settings are best case values that should optimize system performance If NVRAM is corrupted the Optimal settings are loaded automatically You can load the Fail Safe WINBIOS Setup option settings by selecting the Fail Safe icon from the Default section of the WINBIOS Setup main menu The Fail Safe settings provide far from optimal system performance but are the most stable settings Use this option as a diagnostic aid if the system is behaving erratically 64 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide 3 Programming the Flash ROM All versions of the
8. an anti static bag and sandwiched between sheets of sponge Remove the sponge and the anti static bag Place the motherboard on a grounded anti static surface component side up Save the original packing material 4 Inspect the motherboard for damage Press down on all ICs mounted in sockets to verify proper seating Do not apply power to the motherboard if it has been damaged 5 If the motherboard is undamaged it is ready to be installed Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 11 Step 2 Set Jumpers Set all jumpers and install the CPU before placing the motherboard in the chassis Set jumpers by placing a shunt shorting bridge on the designated pins of the jumper A shunt and jumpers are shown below 3 dimensional view of motherboard jumpers and a shunt i i ERI pela 123 d Shunt 3 pin Berg 2 pin Berg In this manual jumpers are shown in two dimensions as if viewed from directly above as shown below The placement of shunts is 2 indicated by a solid line 1 Ho 2 between pins as shown between Pins 1 2 4 tothe right 3 o e 4 6 o0 PWRI Power Supply Type PWRI is a 3 pin berg that sets the power supply type PWRI Setting Short Pins 1 2 AT type power supply is installed factory setting Short Pins 2 3 Remote power supply is used CPW Clear Password CPW is a 2 pin berg that allows you to delete the system BIOS password should you forget the password CPW should be OPEN at all times during
9. and an integrated power management unit The Intel 430TX chipset supports intelligent diagnostic and power management through features such as DMI support Expansion Slots The motherboard includes e three 16 bit ISA expansion slots and e four 32 bit PCI expansion slots The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132 megabytes per second L1 Internal Cache The Intel Pentium on the motherboard has an 8 KB data cache and an 8 KB instruction cache L2 Secondary Cache The motherboard has 512 KB of pipeline burst direct mapped WriteBack L2 secondary cache memory Up to 256 MB of system memory can be cached Supported Standards The Apollo IV motherboard supports DMI the Intel DPMA Dynamic Power Management Architecture Concurrent PCI V2 0 and V2 1 and USB Universal Serial Bus Switching Voltage Regulator This motherboard includes a switching voltage regulator that significantly reduces the CPU and voltage regulator temperature This voltage regulator is also fully upgradable to the next generation of Socket 7 CPUs These new CPUs will require more electrical current and will generate more heat Cont d 2 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Overview Continued CPU Thermal Monitor The Apollo IV motherboard includes a special heat sensor under the SDRAM CPU that monitors the CPU temperature This heat sensor generates an SMI System Management Interrupt when the CPU temperature is too hot The SMI ca
10. be populated with the same type of SIMM If a 16 MB SIMM is installed in the first socket in Banko0 then the same type of 16 MB SIMM must be installed in the second Bank0 SIMM socket The motherboard supports up to 256 MB of system memory mounted on the motherboard as follows Type of System Memory Type of System Supported System Memory Socket Memor EDO DRAM MB sockets SDRAM MB Supported System Memory Configurations SIMM SIMM DIMMI DIMM2 Total System Bank0 Bank1 Memory 4 MB and 8 MB DEBERSE MB 8MB ur MB and MB REESE MB 16MB MB 16MB MB 6 MB ae MB gt MB 32MB MB 32MB MB 2 MB EM MB pee MB 64MB MB 64MB MB 4 MB ur a MB nm MB 64 MB 64 MB 128 MB 4 MB EM Lar MB and 256 MB T MB 64 MB Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 21 Step 4 Install Memory Continued Installing SIMMs The motherboard has four x 36 SIMM sockets These sockets can be filled with either 1 MB x 36 4 MB x 36 8 MB x 36 or 16 MB x 36 SIMMs Place the motherboard on an anti static mat With the component side of the SIMM facing you firmly push the SIMM into the socket at an angle then push it up When properly inserted the SIMM clicks into place as the latching pins engage Memory Display System memory is reported by AMIBIOS as it boots and again when the AMIBIOS System Configuration Screen is displayed just before the operating system boots The memory displayed by AMIBIOS on the Sys
11. installed in the computer Soft resets must not generate a hard reset if a caching controller is used If a hard reset is generated a PCI caching controller card cannot flush data from cache memory to a hard disk drive before the reset Video Shadow C000 32K This option controls the location of the contents of video ROM The settings are Description The contents of the video ROM area C0000h C7FFFh are written to the corresponding address in RAM Cached The contents of the video ROM area C0000h C7FFFh are written to the corresponding RAM address and may be read from or written to cache memory Disabled The video ROM is not copied to RAM The contents of the video ROM cannot be read from or written to cache memory The Optimal default setting is Cached The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Shadow C800 16K Shadow CC00 16K Shadow D000 16K Shadow D400 16K Shadow D800 16K Shadow DC00 16K These options enable shadowing of the contents of the ROM area in the option title Shadow The contents of the ROM area are written to the corresponding address in RAM for faster execution address and can be read from or written to cache memory read from or written to cache memory The Optimal and Fail Safe settings are Disabled Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 51 Chipset Setup The AMIBIOS Setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the Chipset Setup icon from the Setup section on the WINBIOS
12. normal operation Should you forget the password turn power off remove the computer cover turn power on place a shorting bridge shunt on CPW for a few seconds then turn power off again Reboot the computer and re enter all system configuration information because you have just erased all of it Cont d 12 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Step 2 Set Jumpers Continued EP1 EP2 Flash ROM Type EP and EP2 are 3 pin bergs that specify the type of flash ROM installed on the motherboard The settings are Flash ROM Type Intel 28F001 Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 1 2 SST 29EE010 OPEN Short Pins 2 3 Avoid Static Electricity Static electricity can damage the motherboard and other computer components Keep the motherboard in the anti static bag until it is to be installed Wear an anti static wrist grounding strap before handling the motherboard Make sure you stand on an anti static mat when handling the motherboard Avoid contact with any component or connector on any adapter card printed circuit board or memory module Handle these components by the mounting bracket Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 13 Step 3 Configure CPU Important Perform the following steps to configure the motherboard before installing a CPU External CPU Clock CLK1 CLK2 and CLK3 are 3 pin bergs that set the CPU external clock frequency This motherboard may have any of four different clock generators IMI652 ICS 914
13. onboard I O Connect the serial ports Connect the parallel port 8 Connect floppy drive s Connect the IDE drive s Test and configure Warning This motherboard contains sensitive electronic components that can be easily damaged by static electricity Follow the instructions carefully to ensure correct installation and to avoid static damage Chapter 1 Hardware Installation Apollo IV Motherboard Layout e e nj Keyboard Controller O 8 Floppy EN Rpw_CON LPT1 o m B PLOTS Idd LOTS I2d Z LOTS I2d The connectors in this Block A Square Pad identifies Pin 1 Header are detailed below in Jumpers and Connectors Remote Speaker IDE Power L LED Switch Reset PWR Kbd Turbo Susp Susp LED Lock LED Mode LED Switch 10 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide E E PS 2 Mouse Step 1 Unpack the Motherboard O 246 8645 Leave the motherboard in its original packing Perform all unpacking and installation procedures on a ground connected anti static mat Wear an anti static wristband grounded at the same point as the anti static mat Or use a sheet of conductive aluminum foil grounded through a 1 megohm resistor instead of the anti static mat Similarly a strip of conductive aluminum foil wrapped around the wrist and grounded through a 1 megohm resistor serves the same purpose as the wristband 3 Inside the carton the motherboard is packed in
14. the next screen Warning If using metallic screws make sure you use them only in the plated mounting holes If using metallic screws make sure the head of the screw fits completely inside the plated mounting holes See the graphic on the following screen Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 23 Step 5 Install Motherboard Continued Plating The screw head must not be larger than the plating around the mounting hole e Plated Mounting Hole Non Plated Mounting Hole 24 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Step 6 Attach Cables Connectors The Apollo IV motherboard includes many connectors Connection instructions illustrations of connectors and pinouts are IDE drive connectors Cable Connector Ends When connecting chassis connectors to the motherboard make sure to connect the correct connector end Most connector wires are color coded Match the color of the wires leaving the switch or LED to the same pin on the connector end There may be more than one connector with the same color coded wires If so follow the wire to the switch or LED Pin 1 is indicated by a white line Pin 1 is always nearest the white line TN Ral Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 25 Step 6 Attach Cables Continued Connect Power Supply The power supply should match the physical configuration of the chassis Make sure that the power switch is Off before assembly Before atta
15. 0 12 5 12 5 25 25 37 5 37 5 50 50 62 5 62 5 75 or 75 87 5 The Optimal and Fail Safe defaults are 1 8 Display Activity This option specifies if AMIBIOS is to monitor display activity for power conservation purposes When this option is set to Monitor and there is no display activity for the length of time specified in the Standby Timeout Minutes option the computer enters a power savings state The settings are Monitor or Ignore The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Ignore Device 6 Serial Port 1 Device 7 Serial Port 2 Device 8 Parallel Port Device 5 Floppy Disk Device 0 Primary Master IDE Device 1 Primary Salve IDE Device 2 Secondary Master IDE Device 3 Secondary Slave IDE When set to Monitor these options enable event monitoring on the specified hardware interrupt request line If set to Monitor and the computer is in a power saving state AMIBIOS watches for activity on the specified IRQ line The computer enters the Full On state if any activity occurs AMIBIOS reloads the Standby and Suspend timeout timers if activity occurs on the specified IRQ line The settings for each of these options are Monitor or Ignore The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Ignore 54 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide PCI PnP Setup Choose the PCI PnP Setup icon from the WINBIOS Setup screen to display the PCI and Plug and Play Setup options described below Plug and Play Awar
16. 7 ICW or PhaseLink The CLK1 CLK2 and CLK3 settings are different with the different clock generators You must determine the clock generator type it s next to the CPU before setting these jumpers IMI 652 Clock Generator The following CLK1 CLK2 and CLK3 settings apply only if an IMI 652 clock generator is mounted on the motherboard CLK1 CLK2 FREQI CPUCLK 66 MHz Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 2 3 60 MHz Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 2 3 55 MHz Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 2 3 50 MHz Cont d 14 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Step 3 Configure CPU Continued ICS 9147 Clock Generator The following CLK1 CLK2 and CLK3 settings apply only if an ICS 9147 clock generator is mounted on the motherboard CLK1 CLK2 FREQI CPUCLK 66 6 MHz Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 2 3 60 MHz Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 2 3 55 MHz Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 2 3 50 MHz Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 2 3 ICW or PhaseLink Clock Generator The following CLK1 CLK2 and CLK3 settings apply only if an ICW or PhaseLink clock generator is mounted on the motherboard CPUCLK CPU Bus Frequency Ratio FREQ1 FREQ2 and FREQ3 are 3 pin bergs that set the ratio of the internal CPU frequency to the bus clock For For For FREQI FREQ2 FREQ3 P54C P55C K5 and K6 Short Pins 1 2 ShortPins2 3 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 2 3 Short
17. 97 features include e Plug and Play compatibility e power management support for configuring and managing all system components e 32 bit device drivers and e standard installation procedures for Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT AMIBIOS Features This motherboard has an AMIBIOS system BIOS on a Flash ROM with 4 built in AMIBIOS Setup AMIBIOS features include e IDE block mode and 32 bit data transfer support e IDE Programmed I O modes 0 1 2 3 and 4 support e PS 2 mouse support e IDE LBA mode support e APM Advanced Power Management and Flash BIOS hooks e EPA Green PC compliant e PCI and Plug and Play PnP support and e DIM Device Initialization Manager support e DMI Desktop Management Interface support e can boot from a CD ROM drive e automatically detects system memory cache memory and hard disk drive parameters e Intel NSP compliant e Fast ATA IDE mode programming and ATAPI support e Boot sector virus protection e instant on support e automatically configures PnP and PCI devices Cont d Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Overview Continued BIOS Shadowing The system BIOS is always copied from ROM to RAM for faster execution IDE Fast ATA Ultra DMA 33 Floppy Parallel Port Serial Ports Keyboard The end user can shadow 16 KB ROM segments from C0000h DCFFFh The Apollo IV motherboard has two 40 pin IDE connectors onboard that
18. OS code American Megatrends will provide this file when the AMIBIOS for the Apollo IV ISA motherboard must be updated S772P ROM must be present in the root directory of the floppy disk before the onboard Flash EPROM can be reprogrammed The file that has the main BIOS code must be named S772P ROM Sequence of Operation The sequence of operation and expected behavior of the bootblock BIOS code is Expected behavior 1 Look for floppy The system beeps one time before the BIOS attempts to read from disk floppy drive A 2 Look for S772P ROM must be in the root directory of the floppy disk in S772P ROM on the drive A There is no beep if successful floppy disk 3 Read the floppy The floppy disk is read There is no beep if this step is successful disk 4 Check for BIOS file The BIOS file size is checked There is no beep if this step is size successful The BIOS looks for an Intel i28F001BX T Flash EPROM It does EPROM not beep if this step is successful EPROM EPROM EPROM reprogramming the Flash EPROM 8 Continue Four beeps sound when reprogramming has been successfully programming the completed Flash EPROM 9 AMIFlash does a A CPU reset is generated to reboot the computer reset 66 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Programming the Flash ROM Continued Beep Codes The bootblock code produces a series of beeps during Flash ROM programming to e signify completion of a step as shown on t
19. PATM 39 ara N C 22 3r i BA f ve Up NES oi Secondary IDE Controller The secondary IDE connector is labeled SECONDARY It connects the secondary primary and slave IDE drives to the secondary onboard IDE controller Attach the secondary master and slave IDE drives to IDE2 via a standard 40 pin IDE cable Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 37 Step 9 Attach IDE Drive Continued SECONDARY IDE Pinout The SECONDARY pinout is Pin Use Pi Use 5 DATAG gt 126 DATAS 7 DATAS 8 DATAIO 9 DATA 10 DATA 38 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Step 10 Test and Configure Start the Test BIOS Errors Review the following points before powering up make sure that all adapter cards are seated properly make sure all connectors are properly installed make sure the CPU is seated properly make sure there are no screws or other foreign material on the motherboard plug the system into a surge protected power strip and e make sure blank back panels are installed on the back of the chassis to minimize RF emissions Plug everything in and turn on the switch If there are any signs of a problem turn off the unit immediately Reinstall the connectors Call Technical Support if there are problems If the system operates normally a display should appear on the monitor The BIOS Power On Self Test POST should execute If POST does not run succes
20. Pins 2 3 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 1 2 Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 15 Step 3 Configure CPU Continued Summary of Jumper Setting for Intel Pentium CPUs Muti Ex ML 652 Clock Generator OCS9147 Clock Generator Speed plier Speed CLK1 CLK2 CLK3 CLK1 CLK2 CLK3 FREQ1 FREQ 2 Q3 16 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Step 3 Configure CPU Continued Summary of Jumper Setting for AMD K5 and K6 CPUs Mult Ext IMI 652 Clock Generator OCS 9147 Clock Generator ee T 7 Speed plier Speed CLK1 CLK2 CLK3 CLK1 CLK2 CLK3 FREQI FREQ2 FREQ3 K6 233 MN dl i i P105 K5 PR166 60 K6 200 K6 166 K5 PR200 K5 PR150 150 1 75x K5 PR133 i i 357 i i A bil K5 PR90 K5 PR120 K5 PR100
21. Setup main menu USB Function Set this option to Enabled to enable the system BIOS USB Universal Serial Bus functions The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled USB Keyboard Mouse Legacy Support Set this option to Enabled to enable USB support for legacy keyboards and mice The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled ISA 8 Bit I O Recovery Time This option specifies the length of the delay that is added to the CPU cycle between consecutive 8 bit I O operations The length of the delay is related to the CPU type and frequency The settings are 1 Sysclock 2 Sysclocks 3 Sysclocks 4 Sysclocks 5 Sysclocks 6 Sysclocks 8 Sysclocks or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled ISA 16 Bit VO Recovery This option specifies the length of the delay that is added to the CPU cycle between consecutive 16 bit I O operations The length of the delay is related to the CPU type and frequency The settings are 1 Sysclock 2 Sysclocks 3 Sysclocks 4 Sysclocks or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled 52 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Power Management Setup The AMIBIOS Setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the Power Management Setup icon from the Setup section on the AMIBIOS Setup main menu Power Management APM Set this option to Enabled to enable t
22. The system can be configured so that all users must enter a password every time the system boots or when WINBIOS Setup is executed 60 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Setting a Password The password check option is enabled in Advanced Setup see the Advanced Setup section by choosing either Always the password prompt appears every time the system is powered on or Setup the password prompt appears only when WINBIOS is run The password is encrypted and stored in NVRAM American AMIBIOS Setup Megatrends C 1994 American Megatrends Inc m Setup zz Utility Password NA E ILL TT Standard letectSlave Enter New Password CoM 2s 0 0 cs S Power Mgmt E3 EJ KJ EJ F3 EJ F3 EJ H3 EJ ies eds cde died su E 600a00000a8aa Password Set User Password Alt H Help As shown on the above screen you are prompted for a 1 6 character password You can either type the password on the keyboard or select each letter of the password one at a time using the mouse The password does not appear on the screen when typed Make sure you write it down If you forget it you must drain NVRAM and reconfigure If You Do Not Want to Use a Password Just press lt Enter gt when the password prompt appears Changing a Password Select the Supervisor or User icon from the Security section of the WINBIOS Setup main menu Enter the password and press lt Enter gt The screen does not display the characte
23. a specific AMIBIOS function The WINBIOS Setup main windows and related functions are described on the next screen Main Windows The WINBIOS Setup main windows are e Setup described in Section 1 has icons that permit you to set system configuration options such as date time hard disk type floppy type and many others e Security described in Section 2 has three icons that control AMIBIOS security features and e Utilities described in Section 3 sets the screen color and allows language changes e Default described in Section 4 has three icons that permit you to select a group of settings for all WINBIOS Setup options Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 43 Section 1 Setup Standard Setup Standard Setup options are displayed by choosing the Standard icon from the WINBIOS Setup main menu All Standard Setup options are described in this section Date Time Select the Standard option Select the Date and Time icon The current values for each category are displayed Enter new values through the keyboard Floppy Drive A and B Move the cursor to these fields via T and J and select the floppy type The settings are 360 KB 5 inch 1 2 MB 5 inch 720 KB 3 inch 1 44 MB 31 inch or 2 88 MB 31 inch Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Select one of these hard disk drive icons to configure the hard disk drive named in the option Select Auto from the drive parameters screen to let AMIBIOS automatically config
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25. ave had user interfaces that were not very intuitive Graphical Interface American Megatrends has a new type of system BIOS Setup utility WINBIOS Setup has a graphical user interface the end user can access using a mouse The WINBIOS Setup code is so compact that it can reside on the same ROM as the system BIOS The system configuration parameters are set by WINBIOS Setup Since WINBIOS Setup resides in the ROM BIOS it is available each time the computer is turned on Starting WINBIOS Setup As POST executes the following appears Hit DEL if you want to run SETUP Press Del to run WINBIOS Setup Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 41 Using a Mouse with WINBIOS Setup WINBIOS Setup has a built in mouse driver and can be accessed by either a serial mouse or PS 2 style mouse WINBIOS Setup supports Microsoft Compatible serial mice and all PS 2 type mice The mouse click functions are single click to change or select both global and current fields and double click to perform an operation in the selected field Using the Keyboard with WINBIOS Setup WINBIOS has a built in keyboard driver that uses simple keystroke combinations BDecemenavalu 42 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide WINBIOS Setup Menu The WINBIOS Setup main menu is organized into four sections Each of these sections corresponds to a section in this chapter Each section contains several icons Clicking on each icon activates
26. ble Floppy B to A Floppy B to A Floppy B to A Floppy B to A 10 to 16 12 to 14 14 to 12 16to 10 11to 15 13 to 13 15 to 11 22 34 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Step 9 Attach IDE Drive IDE Drives Attach the IDE drives in the following manner Choose Peripheral Setup in WINBIOS Setup to enable the onboard IDE controller Secondary Slave Drive 7 Secondary Master Drive E A E Secondary IDE Connector Primary IDE Connector Primary Master Drive Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 35 Step 9 Attach IDE Drive Continued Attach IDE Cable The primary IDE Integrated Drive Electronics hard disk drive connector is marked PRIMARY Both the primary master and the primary slave IDE drives must be connected by cable to PRIMARY as shown below PRIMARY is a 40 pin dual inline berg that connects an IDE drive to the primary onboard IDE connector This motherboard supports IDE Modes 0 1 2 3 and 4 IDE prefetch LBA Logical Block Address mode high capacity drives over 528 MB 32 bit data transfer and fast IDE transfer These IDE features are configured in Peripheral Setup in the WINBIOS Setup utility Disable the onboard IDE interface in Peripheral Setup to use an ISA ESDI RLL MFM or SCSI hard disk drive controller Cont d 36 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Step 9 Attach IDE Drive Continued PRIMARY Pinout The PRIMARY IDE pinout is 5
27. boot drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD ATAPI CDROM I IDE HDD 2nd IDE HDD 3 IDE HDD or 4 IDE HDD The default settings are Disabled Try Other Boot Devices Set this option to Yes to instruct AMIBIOS to attempt to boot from any other drive in the system if it cannot find a boot drive among the drives specified in the 1 Boot Device 2 Boot Device 3 Boot Device and 4 Boot Device options The settings are Yes or No The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Yes Cont d 50 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Advanced Setup Continued External Cache Set this option to Enabled to enable L2 secondary external cache memory The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal default setting is Enabled The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Caching Controller Set this option to Yes if a cache controller is installed in the computer Absent To comply with the PCI specifications PCI adapter cards the must be reset every time the CPU is reset When the end default user forces a soft reset by pressing Ctrl Alt Del only setting the CPU is reset When this option is set to No all soft resets are converted to hard resets and all PCI adapter cards are reset when the CPU is reset Present Soft resets still behave like soft resets when Yes is selected Select this option if a caching controller is
28. ching all components make sure that the proper voltage has been selected Power supplies often can run on a wide range of voltages and must be set usually via a switch to the proper range Use at least a 300 watt power supply which should have built in filters to suppress radiated emissions Power Cables Attach the power supply cables to the power connector on the motherboard AT compatible power supplies have one twelve pin connector as shown below GRANGE m Gon BUE peach Pin 12 Standard AT Power Supply Connectors Cont d 26 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Step 6 Attach Cables Continued Connector Keys The keys on the connector must be cut to fit on some power supplies as shown below Power Connector Pinout ma Beim S 12 Volts Blue wire Ground Black wire Ground Black wire AZ Keyboard Cable The keyboard attaches via a PS 2 keyboard connector labeled AT_KB Pin Signal Description Keyboard data Ground snc Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 27 Step 6 Attach Cables Continued Mouse Cable Attach the mouse connector cable supplied by American Megatrends to the five pin mouse berg connector on the motherboard labeled MS CON as shown below Attach the standard 9 pin mouse connector at the other end of the mouse cable to the mouse connector port on the computer case Incorrect mouse installation can cause the system to
29. ct Onboard I O Onboard I O Conflicts Serial Ports The Apollo IV motherboard has e two serial ports COMI and COM2 e a parallel port LPT e an IDE controller on the PCI bus The primary IDE connector is IDE1 The secondary connector is IDE2 e a floppy controller FDD The serial and parallel port connectors are described below AMIBIOS minimizes conflicts between onboard and offboard I O devices AMIBIOS automatically checks the adapter cards installed in the expansion slots on the Apollo IV motherboard for a hard disk or floppy controller and serial or parallel ports COMI and COM2 are 10 pin connectors that provide an AT compatible serial port interface Connect the cables supplied with the motherboard to the 10 pin serial connectors The serial port base I O port address and other serial port settings can be selected in Peripheral Setup in AMIBIOS Setup The serial connector pinout is shown below COM2 and IR use the same IRQ so the COM2 connector does not work if an infrared device is attached to the IR connector Pin Description Pin Signal Description 1 CamirDetect 6 Data Set Ready Request to Send 3 TransmitDaa 8 Clear to Send 4 Data Terminal Ring Indicator Ready Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 31 Step 7 Connect Onboard l O Continued Parallel Port PRINTER is a 26 pin connector for a parallel port The LPT pinout is shown below Connect the 26 pin to DB25 cable
30. e also licensed the rights to use the American Megatrends documentation for the American Megatrends Apollo IV motherboard This manual was written for the OEM to assist in the proper installation and operation of this motherboard This manual describes the specifications and features of the Apollo IV motherboard It explains how to assemble a system based on the Apollo IV motherboard and how to use the AMIBIOS that is specifically designed for this motherboard This manual is not meant to be read by the computer owner who purchases a computer with this motherboard It is assumed that you the computer manufacturer will use this manual as a sourcebook of information and that parts of this manual will be included in the computer owner s manual Technical Support If you need help installing configuring or running this product call American Megatrends technical support at 770 246 8645 You can also send questions to tech support at support ami com American Megatrends BBS The American Megatrends BBS permits you to access technical information about American Megatrends motherboard peripheral and BIOS products Product Engineering Change Notices Tech Tips and technical documentation are available on the BBS Some parts of the BBS are not accessible to all callers Call American Megatrends Technical Support at 770 246 8645 to find out how to access the BBS Phone Numbers The BBS requires no parity eight data bits and one stop bit T
31. e OS Set this option to Yes if the operating system in this computer is aware of and follows the Plug and Play specification Windows 95 is PnP aware The settings are Yes or No The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are No PCI VGA Palette Snoop When this option is set to Enabled multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space is the VGA Palette Snoop bit 0 is disabled For example if there are two VGA devices in the computer one PCI and one ISA and the VGA Palette Snoop bit is Disabled Data read and written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA device s palette registers Enabled Data read and written by the CPU is directed to the both the PCI VGA device palette registers and the ISA VGA device palette registers and the palette registers of both devices can be identical This option must be set to Enabled if an ISA adapter card installed in the system uses VGA palette snooping The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Set this option to Yes to allocate an IRQ to a VGA adapter card that uses the PCI local bus The settings are Yes or No The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Yes PCI Slot 1 Latency Timer PCI Slot 2 Latency Timer PCI Slot 3 Latency Timer PCI Slot 4 Latency Timer These options specify the latenc
32. gacy ISA adapter cards The settings are C0000 C4000 C8000 CC000 D0000 D4000 D8000 or DCO000 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are C4000 56 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Peripheral Setup Choose the Peripheral Setup icon from the WINBIOS Setup screen to display the Peripheral Setup options described below Onboard Floppy Controller Set this option to Enabled to enable the floppy drive controller on the motherboard The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled Onboard Primary Secondary IDE This option specifies the IDE channels on the onboard IDE controller that will be used The settings are Disabled Primary Secondary or Both The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Onboard IDE Bus Master Set this option to Enabled to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI local bus includes a bus mastering capability The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Primary Prefetch Secondary Prefetch These options specify the IDE channel or channel where prefetch is enabled The settings are Disabled Master Slave or Both There are no default settings Offboard PCI ISA IDE Card This option specifies if an offboard PCI IDE controller adapter card is installed in the computer You must choose ISA if an ISA IDE card is installed or the PCI expansion slot on the motherboard where the offboard
33. hang 5 pin to 9 pin converter cable lt S Mount this connector on the computer case d Attach 5 pin connector to 5 pin mouse berg Keyboard Connector Gad Motherboard Pin Description Cont d 28 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Step 6 Attach Cables Continued CPU Fan Chassis Fan IR Infrared When connecting chassis connectors to the motherboard make sure to connect the correct connector end Most connector wires are color coded Match the color of the wires leaving the switch or LED to the same pin on the connector end There may be more than one connector with the same color coded wires If so follow the wire to the switch or LED Pin 1 is always indicated on the motherboard A three pin berg labeled FAN attaches to the CPU fan The FAN connector is near the CPU end of the ISA expansion slots Pin Description A three pin berg labeled EXT_FAN attaches to the chassis cooling fan The EXT_FAN connector is near the CPU Pin Description The 8 pin infrared connector IR next to the COMI and COM2 connectors attaches to an infrared port mounted on the computer chassis It allows data transmission to any other device that supports the IrDA standards for infrared transmission Remote Control Power RPW COM is a 3 pin berg next to the USB connectors that attaches to the power supply for enabling system power when the remote power switch is turned on Con
34. he characteristics of the BBS phone numbers are Phone Number 770 246 8780 28 800 baud rate Supports v 34 710 246 8781 28 800 baud rate Supports v 34 710 246 8782 Supports HST and v 42 Web Site Preface 710 246 8783 Supports HST and v 42 We invite you to access the American Megatrends world wide web site at http www ami com iii Packing List You should have received the following an Apollo IV Pentium PCI ISA motherboard a diskette containing the DMI Wizard 95 utility the American Megatrends DMI Wizard 95 User s Guide an optional USB cable and mounting bracket two serial cables one parallel cable a Warranty Card and the American Megatrends Apollo IV Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Warning The pinout for the optional USB Cable Box is Pinl Red VCC Pin2 Green Data Pin3 White Data Pin4 Black Ground Please make sure that the USB cable is correctly installed Incorrect installation will damage the motherboard Static Electricity The Apollo IV motherboard can easily be damaged by static electricity Make sure you take appropriate precautions against static electric discharge e wear a properly grounded wristband while handling the motherboard or any other electrical component e touch a grounded anti static surface or a grounded metal fixture before handling the Apollo IV motherboard e handle system components by the mounting bracket if possible Batteries Make
35. he Intel Triton 2 power management features and APM Advanced Power Management The settings are Enabled Inst On instant on or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Instant On Support Set this option to Enabled to enable AMIBIOS support for the Intel InstantON specification The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Green PC Monitor Power State This option specifies the power state that the green PC compliant video monitor enters when AMIBIOS places it in a power saving state after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The settings are Off Standby Suspend or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Standby Video Power Down Mode This option specifies the power conserving state that the VESA VGA video subsystem enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The settings are Disabled Standby or Suspend The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Hard Disk Power Down Mode This option specifies the power conserving state that the hard disk drive enters after the specified period of hard drive inactivity has expired The settings are Disabled Standby or Suspend The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Hard Disk Timeout Minute This option specifies the length of a period of hard disk drive inactivity When this length of time expires the computer enters power conserv
36. he previous screen or to e signal an error Error beeps are arranged in a coded sequence and have different meanings depending on when they occur The error beep codes and when they can occur are 1 Insert diskette in floppy dive AA The AMIBOOT ROM file was not found in the root directory of the diskette in floppy drive A GC Keyboard controller BAT command failed 8 Floppy controller failure o 9 Boot Block BIOS checksum error Continuous beep Flash Programming successful Turn power off The turn power on again to restart Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 67 Bootblock Code Checkpoint Codes Verify the bootblock BIOS checksum Disable the internal cache DMA and interrupt controllers Initialize the system timer Start memory refresh Initialize the chipset registers Set the BIOS size to 128K Make the 512 KB base memory available Test the base 64 KB of system memory Send the BAT command to the keyboard controller Make sure that Ctrl Home was pressed Verify the main system BIOS checksum Initialize the I O chipset if any Program the CPU clock dependent chip set parameters Eh Determine the CPU internal clock frequency Enable the timer and the floppy diskette interrupt Enable the internal cache Copy the bootblock BIOS and pass control to the bootblock BIOS in the 0000h segment Initialize the floppy drive Look for a diskette in drive A Read the first sector of the diskette Floppy read error
37. ing state specified in the Hard Disk Power Down Mode option see the previous screen The settings are Disabled and 1 Min through 15 Min in 1 minute intervals The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Standby Suspend Timer Unit This option specifies the unit of time used for the Standby and Suspend timeout periods The settings are 4 msec 4 sec 32 sec or 4 min The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 4 min Standby Timeout This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in Full power on state When this length of time expires the computer enters Standby power state The settings are Disabled 4 min 8 min up to and including 508 minutes in increments of 4 minutes The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Suspend Timeout This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in Standby state When this length of time expires the computer enters Suspend power state The settings are Disabled 4 min 8 min up to and including 508 minutes in increments of 4 minutes The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Cont d Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 53 Power Management Setup Continued Slow Clock Ratio This option specifies the speed at which the system clock runs in power saving states The settings are expressed as a ratio between the normal CPU clock speed and the CPU clock speed when the computer is in the power conserving state The settings are
38. ings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct type of drive emulation Floppy or Hard Disk The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto If Auto is selected AMIBIOS configures ARMD drives as follows Type of ARMD Device Drive Emulation Configured LS120 Floppy lomega Zip drive Hard Disk Magneto Optical drive Hard Disk Cont d Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 49 Advanced Setup Continued 1 Boot Device This option sets the type of device for the first boot drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled Network Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD ATAPI SCSI CDROM 1 IDE HDD 2nd IDE HDD 3 IDE HDD or 4 IDE HDD The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled 2nd Boot Device This option sets the type of device for the second boot drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD ATAPI SCSI CDROM 1 IDE HDD 2nd IDE HDD 3 IDE HDD or 4 IDE HDD The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled 3rd Boot Device This option sets the type of device for the third boot drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD ATAPI CDROM I IDE HDD 2nd IDE HDD 3 IDE HDD or 4 IDE HDD The default settings are ARMD HDD 4th Boot Device This option sets the type of device for the third
39. lows bidirectional cordless data transactions with other IIDA compliant computers and peripheral devices Infrared transmissions can occur in half duplex sequential transmission receiving or full duplex simultaneous transmission modes A 10 pin infrared connector is provided on the motherboard The motherboard and AMIBIOS comply with the IrDA SIR infrared device standards and specifications This motherboard complies fully with the IrDA infrared standards An IrDA compliant device can be installed via a 9 pin D type connector on the rear of the computer The 9 pin connector is attached by a cable to the IR berg connector on the motherboard next to the serial connectors COMI and COM2 COM2 on the motherboard is an IrDA compliant port You must set the Serial Port2 Mode IR Transmission Type and other AMIBIOS Setup options under Peripheral Setup before you can use an infrared device Apollo IV Dimensions Motherboard Size The Apollo IV Pentium PCI ISA motherboard is the standard baby AT size 11 by 8 6 Motherboard Height Restrictions Keyboard SIMM Connector Sockets 0 85 2 5 f G Expansion Slots 0 62 8 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Installation Steps Select the CPU voltage Select the CPU speed Install the CPU Install system memory 6 Attach cables to connectors Connect the power supply Attach the keyboard cable Connect the mouse cable Attach cables Connect
40. n be set to turn on the external cooling fan and or lower the CPU clock frequency You are waned that the CPU is overheating The CPU is returned to normal operating conditions when the CPU temperature returns to normal This feature can only be implemented if a power supply with a soft off power controller is installed in the computer See the American Megatrends DMI Wizard 95 User s Guide for additional information about this feature The Apollo IV motherboard provides two 168 pin DIMM system memory sockets that support SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SDRAM increases the CPU to memory data transfer rate to 528 MBs This rate is normally 264 MBs if EDO DRAM is installed The integrated I2C controller optimizes the memory timing parameters System Memory The motherboard supports up to 256 MB of system memory mounted on the Chapter 1 Hardware Installation motherboard as follows Type of System Type of System Supported System Memory Socket Memor Memor sockets EDO DRAM 64 MB or 128 MB sockets SDRAM 64 MB or 128 MB Cont d Overview Continued PC 97 Compliant The Apollo IV motherboard is fully compliant with the Microsoft PC 97 specification at both the hardware and the BIOS levels PC 97 is a set of hardware bus and device design requirements specified by Microsoft that make computers easier to use PC 97 supports cooperation between the operating system the hardware and the applications software Key PC
41. nect a 3 wire power cable to RPW COM and attach the other end to the peripheral device USB Connectors The Apollo IV motherboard has two 4 pin headers USB1 and USB2 that attach to a USB connector on the computer chassis The USB port allows you to attach to a USB hub The USB connector pinouts are the same for both USB connectors Pin Signal Description VCC Fused 5V 2 Data Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 29 Step 6 Attach Cables Continued Block Connector The Apollo IV motherboard has a 22 pin header that is used to connect the following offboard connectors The header is on the corner of the motherboard near the CPU socket Pins 12 13 1415 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pins 1 2 3 4 5 10 11 Connector Signal Descriptions IDE LED Remote Power Switch Power when low Hardware Reset Switch Power LED lit when power is on Keyboard Lock Turbo LED lit when low speed is active Suspend Mode Switch Suspend when Low Suspend LED lit when system in suspend mode 30 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Pin12 VCC Pin 13 Ground Pin 14 Ground Pin 15 Speaker Data Pin 16 LED Power Pin 17 IDE Active Pin 18 Remote Power Pin 19 Ground Pin 20 Hard Reset Pin21 Ground Pin 1 Power Pin 2 Ground Pin 4 Keyboard Lock Pin 5 Ground Pin 6 TURBO_LIT Pin 7 TURBO_LEDPWR Pin 8 Suspend In Switch Pin 9 Ground Pin 10 Suspend Out LED Pin 11 Suspend Out LED Step 7 Conne
42. ocol to achieve data transfer rates up to 2 5 Megabits per second ECP provides symmetric bidirectional communication EPP Version This option specifies the Enhanced Parallel Port specification version number that is used if the Parallel Port Mode option is set to EPP This option can only be selected if the Parallel Port Mode option is set to EPP The settings are 1 7 or 1 9 There are no Optimal and Fail Safe default settings because the default setting for the Parallel Port Mode option is not EPP Parallel Port DMA Channel This option is only available if the setting for the Parallel Port Mode option is ECP This option sets the DMA channel used by the parallel port The settings are DMA Channel 0 1 or 3 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 3 Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 59 Section 2 Security Three icons appear in this part of the WINBIOS Setup screen e Supervisor Password e User Password and e Anti Virus Two Levels of Passwords Both the Supervisor and the User icons configure password support If you use both the Supervisor password must be set first The system can be configured so that all users must enter a password every time the system boots or when WINBIOS Setup is executed using either or both the Supervisor password or User password AMIBIOS Password Support The Supervisor and User icons activate two different levels of password security If WINBIOS Setup has an optional password feature
43. op of the AMD K6 CPUs are AMD K6 AMD K6 xxxA AMD K5 CPU Markings The markings on the top of the AMD K5 CPUs are AMD K5 AMD K5 PRxxxAVQ where V is the voltage range identifier value Coe 3 1 33V vO 3 135 3 6V Core 2 755 3 045V vO 3 135 3 6V Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 19 Step 3 Configure CPU Continued Install CPU Install the CPU in the ZIF zero insertion force socket by performing the following steps The CPU socket is near one edge of the motherboard Warning Improper CPU installation can damage the CPU and the motherboard You must follow the procedures in this section exactly as documented Make sure you wear an antistatic wristband while installing the CPU Follow all antistatic procedures Lift the lever on the ZIF socket The empty CPU socket looks like Check for bent pins on the CPU Gently straighten any bent pins with pliers Place the CPU in the middle of the socket Make sure that pin 1 of the CPU is aligned with pin 1 of the socket Make sure you are properly grounded while handling the CPU Complete installation by lifting the ZIF lever to the other side of the socket as shown below 20 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Step 4 Install Memory System Memory The motherboard has four 72 pin SIMM Single Inline Memory Module sockets and two 168 pin DIMM sockets Memory must be populated one bank at a time Each bank has two sockets Each bank must
44. ors USB allows future generations of USB compliant peripheral devices to be automatically detected and configured through a single port USB uses Plug and Play technology All USB peripherals are automatically detected and configured The AMIBIOS on this motherboard provides complete USB system BIOS support Power Connectors The Apollo IV motherboard has three power supply connectors RTC CMOS RAM A real time clock and 128 bytes of CMOS RAM with a battery backup is provided on the motherboard Power Management Power management services include PCI Slots Green PC LED power management signal to Green PC aware power supplies automatic IDE and video power down monitor blanking SMI System Management Interrupt support APM and system stop clock The motherboard conforms to the PCI Version 2 1 specification The concurrent PCI architecture of this motherboard allows faster CPU PCI and ISA bus transactions for faster and smoother multimedia performance This motherboard allows you to install either PCI V2 0 or PCI V2 1 comaptible adapter cards The PCI slots are automatically configured by the AMIBIOS The PCI slots operate synchronously with the CPU clock as follows CPU External Clock Frequenc PCI Expansion Slot Frequenc 66 MHz 33 MHz Onboard I O The Apollo IV Pentium ISA motherboard includes e two 40 pin IDE connectors on the PCI bus that support up to four IDE drives a 34 pin floppy drive connector
45. provided with the motherboard to PRINTER All parallel port settings can be configured through Peripheral Setup in WINBIOS Setup Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description i sm a m PE 32 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Step 8 Attach Floppy Drive FLOPPY FLOPPY is a 34 pin dual inline berg Connect the cable from the floppy drive to FLOPPY as shown below The onboard floppy controller cannot be used if a hard disk card with a floppy controller is installed Choose Standard Setup and Peripheral Setup to configure the floppy controller The motherboard supports up to two 720 KB 1 44 MB or 2 88 MB 3 2 drives and 360 KB and 1 2 MB 5 4 drives The connecting cable is a 34 pin ribbon connector with two 34 pin edge connectors for attaching the floppy disk drives There is a small twist in the cable between the floppy connectors The last end connector should be connected to floppy drive A Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 33 Step 8 Attach Floppy Drive Continued Floppy Connector Pinout DENSE1 DRATEO Fin Ei E a Lgs INDEX AO SMOTORO 4 OA ELSE x CAS 10 MOTOR d EA EE E NI MEA EAN E NI E me ajejejajajeaja Z Z Z Z Z Z Z DL OPO golo a Q Z Z oR DSKCHNG Ww wf r2 rw vw Sjaj epejajajejaja Z Z Z Z Z Z Z DL OPO oO oy oy o Pin m 3 GND 25 27 29 Q2 Q Z Z Twist in Floppy Ca
46. ressively smaller as the track Precompensation diameter diminishes Yet each sector must still hold 512 bytes Write precompensation circuitry on the hard disk compensates for the physical difference in sector size by boosting the write current for sectors on inner tracks This parameter is the track number on the disk surface where write precompensation begins Landing Zone This number is the cylinder location where the heads normally park when the system is shut down Sectors The number of sectors per track MEM drives have 17 sectors per track RLL drives have 26 sectors per track ESDI drives have 34 sectors per track SCSI and IDE drives have even more sectors per track Capacity The formatted capacity of the drive is the number of heads times the number of cylinders times the number of sectors per track times 512 bytes per sector Cont d Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 45 Standard Setup Continued Hard Disk Drive Types Midi eai 306 4 a 9 3 I 3 T 89 T 3 977 977 dme 33 x w e a al 59 AE Ea 1 ed N 3 o o cer mem up ep Ce o pret Ce e foo pps 71 1024 er a los 5 Write Landing Sectors Capacity Zone 10MB pas A Ms E eo pr pas 70 pa pas 35 ICI 5 REC RA sv E ps ps pr pa o rn i o a DD w 65535 1024 128 M wj w w 2 512 w wj wj w w w w 3 T 9 L5 o o AECI ER po R N z Dap 8 39 w
47. rs entered After the new password is entered retype the new password as prompted and press lt Enter gt If the password confirmation is incorrect an error message appears If the new password is entered without error press lt Esc gt The password is stored in NVRAM after WINBIOS completes The next time the system boots a password prompt appears if the password function is present and enabled Remember the Password Keep a record of the new password when the password is changed If you forget the password you must erase the system configuration information in NVRAM Non Volatile Random Access Memory Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 61 Anti Virus When this icon is selected from the Security section of the WINBIOS Setup main menu AMIBIOS issues a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive The settings are Enabled or Disabled If enabled the following appears when a write is attempted to the boot sector You may have to type N several times to prevent the boot sector write Boot Sector Write Possible VIRUS Continue Y N _ The following appears after any attempt to format any cylinder head or sector of any hard disk drive via the BIOS INT 13 Hard Disk Drive Service Format Possible VIRUS Continue Y N 62 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Section 3 Utility The following icons appear in this section of the WINBIOS
48. s These options determine if AMIBIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of available IRQs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS The available IRQ pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more IRQs must be removed from the pool the end user can use these options to reserve the IRQ by assigning an SA setting to it Onboard I O is configured by AMIBIOS All IRQs used by onboard I O are configured as PCI PnP or PCI PnP IRQ14 and 15 will not be available if the onboard Triton 2 PCI IDE is enabled If all IRQs are set to A and IRQ14 and 15 are allocated to the onboard PCI IDE IRQ9 will still be available for PCI and PnP devices because at least one IRQ must be available for PCI and PnP devices The settings are SA PnP PCI PnP or PCI The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are DMA Channel 0 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 3 DMA Channel 5 DMA Channel 6 DMA Channel 7 These options allow you to specify the bus type used by each DMA channel The settings are PnP or ISA The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are PnP Reserved ISA Card Memory Size This option specifies the size of the memory area reserved for legacy ISA adapter cards The settings are Disabled 16K 32K or 64K The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Reserved ISA Card Memory Address This option specifies the beginning address in hex of the reserved memory area The specified ROM memory area is reserved for use by le
49. sages will not appear on the system monitor Cont d Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 47 Advanced Setup Continued Display Add On ROM Messages Set this option to Yes to display any additional screen messages from an option ROM This option can only be selected if the Display BIOS POST Message option is set to No The settings are Display messages from an option ROM Do not display messages from an option ROM The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are No Pause on Config Screen This option specifies the length of time that the AMIBIOS configuration screen appears The settings are 2 seconds 3 4 5 6 7 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Boot Up Num Lock Set this option to On to turn the Num Lock key On at system boot The settings are On or Off The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are On Password Check This option enables the password check option every time the system boots or the end user runs Setup If Always is chosen a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appears if WINBIOS is executed The Optimal and Power On defaults are Setup Boot To OS 2 Set this option to Yes if running OS 2 operating system and using more than 64 MB of system memory on the motherboard The settings are Yes or No The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are No Floppy Drive Seek Set this option to Enabled
50. sfully it will beep or display error messages Beeps indicate a serious problem with the system configuration or hardware The Beep Code indicates the problem AMIBIOS Beep Codes are defined in the AMIBIOS Technical Reference Make sure the affected part is properly seated and connected An error message is displayed if the error is less serious Recheck the system configuration or the connections Configure the System Run WINBIOS Setup You must enter the requested information and save the configuration data in CMOS RAM The system will then reset run POST and boot the operating system See the following chapter for information about configuring the computer Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 39 2 WINBIOS Setup In ISA and EISA computers the system parameters such as amount of memory type of disk drives and video displays and many other elements are stored in CMOS RAM Unlike the DRAM dynamic random access memory that is used for standard system memory CMOS RAM requires very little power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to CMOS RAM which retains the system parameters Every time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in CMOS RAM by the system BIOS which gains control when the computer is powered on The system parameters are configured by a system BIOS Setup utility Historically BIOS Setup utilities have been character based required keyboard input and h
51. support up to four IDE drives hard disk drives CD ROM drives or tape drives The integrated PCI bus master enhanced IDE controller is on the PCI local bus The IDE controller supports the Ultra DMA 33 protocol which doubles the hard disk drive data transfer rates specified in the ATA 2 standards to 33 MBs while maintaining full backward compatibility with existing PIO mode 3 PIO mode 4 and DMA mode 2 devices The motherboard supports the Fast ATA specification using PIO mode 4 and multiword DMA mode 2 This motherboard includes an integrated enhanced IDE PCI bus master IDE controller that supports the Ultra DMA 33 protocol The Ultra DMA 33 protocol permits data transfer rates up to 33 MBs Ultra DMA 33 also reduces the CPU workload and permits increased CPU utilization Ultra DMA 33 is completely backward compatible with older DMA standards The Apollo IV motherboard has an onboard floppy controller that supports up to two 360 KB 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB or 2 88 MB floppy drives The Apollo IV motherboard has an onboard ECP and EPP capable parallel port connector The Apollo IV motherboard has two onboard serial port connectors and two 16550 UART serial ports The Apollo IV motherboard Includes a standard DIN keyboard connector Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 5 Overview Continued Mouse USB The Apollo IV motherboard includes a 5 pin berg mouse connector The Apollo IV motherboard has two 4 pin USB connect
52. sure you dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer s instructions Improper use of batteries may cause an explosion Make sure you follow the battery manufacturer s instructions about using the battery Replace used batteries with the same type of battery or an equivalent recommended by the battery manufacturer iv Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide 1 Hardware Installation Overview The American Megatrends Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA motherboard includes the following features CPU The CPU socket on the motherboard is a 321 pin ZIF socket A switching voltage regulator is required You can install any of the following CPUs CPU Manufacturer Supported CPU Speeds Intel amp Pentium P55C 166 200 and 233 MHz Intel Pentium P54C with 90 100 120 133 150 166 and 200 MMX technology MHz AMDO K6 166 AMD K6 200 133 MHz MMX Technology This motherboard supports CPUs that include support for Intel MMX technology MMX technology allows you to experience richer video audio digital imaging and communications when running the latest generation of multimedia software on your computer Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 1 Overview Continued Chipset The Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA baby AT size motherboard uses an Intel 430TX chipset including CPU interface controller advanced cache controller integrated DRAM controller synchronous ISA bus controller PCI local bus interface
53. tem Configuration Screen is 384 KB less than the total memory installed 22 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Step 5 Install the Motherboard The motherboard mounting hole pattern is the same as the mounting hole pattern on the standard baby AT motherboard Standoffs and mounting screws are not supplied with the motherboard The chassis manufacturer should supply these parts Place the chassis on an anti static mat Connect the chassis to ground to avoid static damage during installation Connect an alligator clip with a wire lead to any unpainted part of the chassis Ground the other end of the lead at the same point as the mat and the wristband Rotate the chassis so the front is to the right and the rear is to the left The side facing you is where the motherboard is mounted The power supply is mounted at the far end of the chassis Hold the motherboard component side up with the edge with the SIMM sockets toward you and the edge with the power supply connector away from you The keyboard mouse and video connectors should be to the left Carefully slide the motherboard into the chassis Make certain the edge connectors fit the ports in the rear of the chassis The motherboard should rest level with the chassis Place the mounting screws in the holes provided and tighten them If necessary shift the motherboard slightly to align the mounting holes on the motherboard with the holes on the chassis See the drawing on
54. ter 2 WINBIOS Setup 57 Peripheral Setup Continued Onboard Serial Port1 Address This option specifies the base I O port address of serial port 1 The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct base I O port address Disabled 3F8h or 3ESh The Optimal default setting is 3F8h The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Onboard Serial Port1 FIFO Set this option to Enabled to enable the serial port FIFO buffer The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Onboard Serial Port2 IRQ This option specifies the IRQ used for serial port2 The settings are IRQ3 or Disabled The Optimal default setting is JRQ3 The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Onboard Serial Port2 Address This option specifies the base I O port address of serial port 2 The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct base I O port address Disabled 2F8h or 2E8h The Optimal default setting is 3F8h The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Onboard Serial Port2 FIFO Set this option to Enabled to enable the serial port2 FIFO buffer The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Onboard Serial Port2 Mode This option specifies the serial port 2 mode The settings are Normal or IrDA Infrared The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Normal IR Duplex Mode This option selects the infrared transmission method The settings are F
55. to specify that floppy drive A will perform a Seek operation at system boot The settings are Disabled or Enabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Cont d 48 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Advanced Setup Continued Floppy Drive Swap Set this option to Enabled to permit drives A and B to be swapped The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Floppy Access Control This option specifies the read write access that is set when booting from a floppy drive The settings are Read Write or Read Only The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Read Write Hard Disk Access Control This option specifies the read write access that is set when booting from a hard disk drive The settings are Read Write or Read Only The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Read Write S M A R T For Hard Disks Set this option to Enabled to permit AMIBIOS to use the SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology protocol for reporting server system information over a network The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Primary Master ARMD Emulator As Primary Slave ARMD Emulator As Secondary Master ARMD Emulator As Secondary Slave ARMD Emulator As These options specify the type of standard PC drive that an ARMD drive will use when attached as a master or slave to the specified IDE channel The sett
56. two 10 pin serial port connectors with 16550 UARTs a 26 pin parallel port connector with ECP and EPP support an infrared connector two USB connectors that support an optional riser card that permit high speed Plug and Play connection to USB compliant external peripheral devices e akeyboard connector and e aPS 2 mouse connector Cont d 6 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Overview Continued DMI Infrared Chapter 1 Hardware Installation In a corporate environment system manageability is an important consideration DMI Desktop Management Interface is a specification for a standard method of storing and reporting system information This motherboard supports the DMI specification on the system BIOS level DMI detects and records system configuration information including the CPU type and speed memory size and type and much more information DMI maintains a local database of system configuration information that can be accessed and even modified from a remote location The American Megatrends DMI Wizard 95 is also shipped with this motherboard Use DMI Wizard 95 to display and modify DMI information DMI Wizard 95 allows a system integrator or user to add additional information to the DMI database such as serial numbers and chassis information See the American Megatrends DMI Wizard 95 User s Guide for additional information This motherboard includes a 10 pin serial infrared connector Infrared al
57. ull or Half The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Full IrDA Protocol This option specifies the infrared standard used for the serial port2 infrared capability The settings are 6 us or 3 16 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are unspecified because ZR is not the default setting for the Serial Port2 Mode option Onboard Parallel Port IRQ This option specifies the IRQ used by the parallel port The settings are Disabled IRQ 5 or IRQ 7 The Optimal default setting is IRQ 7 The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Cont d 58 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Peripheral Setup Continued Onboard Parallel Port Address This option specifies the base I O port address of the parallel port on the motherboard The settings are Disabled 378h or 278h The Optimal default setting is 378h The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Onboard Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port mode The Optimal default setting is Normal The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled The settings are The normal parallel port mode is used The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere to the SPP or Enhanced Parallel Port EPP specification EPP uses the existing parallel port signals to provide asymmetric bidirectional data transfer driven by the host device The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere to the Extended Capabilities Port ECP specification ECP uses the DMA prot
58. ure the drive A screen with a list of drive parameters appears Click on OK to configure the drive How to Configure SCSI Select Type Select Not Installed in the drive parameter screen The SCSI drivers provided by the SCSI drive or SCSI host adapter manufacturer should allow you to configure the SCSI drive Select Type Select Auto to let AMIBIOS determine the parameters Click on OK when AMIBIOS displays the drive parameters Select LBA Large Mode Select On if the drive has a capacity greater than 540 MB Select Block Mode Select On to allow block mode data transfers Select 32 Bit Transfer Select On to allow 32 bit data transfers Select the PIO Mode It is best to select Auto to allow AMIBIOS to determine the PIO mode If you select a PIO mode that is not supported by the IDE drive the drive will not work properly If you are absolutely certain that you know the drive s PIO mode select PIO mode 0 5 as appropriate parameters MFM Drive exactly matches your drive s parameters Non Select Type If the drive parameters do not match the drive parameters listed Standard for drive types 1 46 select User and enter the correct hard disk drive MFM Drive parameters Cont d 44 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide Standard Setup Continued Entering Drive Parameters You can also enter the hard disk drive parameters The drive parameters are Write The actual physical size of a sector gets prog
59. y timings in PCI clocks for PCI devices installed in the four PCI expansion slots The settings are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 or 248 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 64 USB Device Latency Timer This option specifies the latency timings in PCI clocks for USB devices installed in the computer The settings are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 or 248 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 64 USB Device IRQ Preference These options specify the IRQ priority for USB devices installed in the computer The settings are Auto IRQS IRQ9 IRQIO IRQ11 IRQIM and RQ15 in priority order If Auto is selected AMIBIOS automatically determines the optimal IRQ priority order The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto PCI Slot 1 IRQ Preference PCI Slot 2 IRQ Preference PCI Slot 3 IRQ Preference PCI Slot 4 IRQ Preference These options specify the IRQ priority for PCI devices installed in the four PCI expansion slots The settings are Auto IRQ5 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ 14 and IRQ15 in priority order If Auto is selected AMIBIOS automatically determines the optimal IRQ priority order The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto Cont d Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 55 PCI PnP Setup Continued IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ12 IRQ14 IRQ15 These options specify the bus that the specified IRQ line is used on These options allow you to reserve IRQs for legacy ISA adapter card

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